Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert Sapolsky's Behave is a sweeping book that investigates the biological foundations of human behavior. Connecting hormones, the brain, evolution, and social environment, it asks why people move toward both good and bad actions.
Work Information
A major work on the biology behind human behavior.
Published by Penguin Press in 2017, this science nonfiction turns specialized research into a large, readable argument for general readers. It layers multiple time scales to explain human aggression and cooperation.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Published
- 2017-05-02
- Pages
- 800 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 16.21 x 4.19 x 24.13 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781594205071
- ISBN-10
- 1594205078
- Price
- 6250 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Professional & Technical/Professional Science/Biological Sciences
New York Times bestseller • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • One of the Washington Post 's 10 Best Books of the Year “It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "Immensely readable, often hilarious...Hands-down one of the best books I’ve read in years. I loved it." —Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post From the bestselling author of A Primate's Memoir and Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will comes a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Behave is one of the most dazzling tours d’horizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted. Moving across a range of disciplines, Sapolsky—a neuroscientist and primatologist—uncovers the hidden story of our actions. Undertaking some of our thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, and war and peace, Behave is a towering achievement—a majestic synthesis of cutting-edge research and a heroic exploration of why we ultimately do the things we do . . . for good and for ill.
Robert M. Sapolsky is the author of several works of nonfiction, including A Primate’s Memoir , The Trouble with Testosterone , Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, and Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will . He is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant.” He and his wife live in San Francisco.
Reviews
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One of the most important books to read
A strong look into the biology of behavior like this is a platform to rethink why we and others do the things that we do. I find myself reflecting on the systems within me and their affect on what I do,or am about to do. Like understanding the lingering effects in the lambic system rather than blaming my “self” for flaws, or at least giving myself new angles to contemplate those flaws, from perspectives milli second to millions of years before the action is taken. A better read than ‘Why Zebras don’t get ulcers” which is frequently referred to in the authors wonderful lectures from Stanford available online. That seems to be more narrowly and technically about stress while this book and the lectures have a wonderfully wider ranges. It is worth listening to some of the lectures (all free)to get a feel for the rhythm and humor of his speech. The sense of hearing his voice while reading made an enjoyable read all the more so.
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simply great
great
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Love the book
Love the quality of the paper and the cover and printing , also content is amazing must read
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Missing pages
The book is starting from page of 41. There are missing pages!!
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Sapolski, casi un clásico.
Decir que es un gran libro es quedarse corto. Es sobre todo un gran autor y recomiendo comprobarlo viendo sus muchos videos en YouTube. El libro es una exposición muy ponderada de lo que la neurociencia nos puede asegurar y de lo mucho que nos permite conjeturar sobre las bases neurológicas del comportamiento humano. Es exhaustivo y competo y aunque requiera una cierta familiaridad con la anatomía y el funcionamiento del sistema nervioso, es perfectamente leíble por un lector medio. Además incluye apendices en los que se explican de modo sucinto las grandes líneas de la descripción del cerebro y de los funcionamientos sinápticos y hormonales. El lector encontrará una matizada descripción de la influencia de las dos grandes esferas de nuestro comportamiento, la esfera de lo condicionado o biológico y la de lo aprendido o cultural. Es difícil pillar a R. M. Sapolski en una declaración tajante que decante su opinión hacia el mayor peso del condicionante orgánico. Recomendaría para comprender esto que se lean en especial los apartados dedicados a la relación entre testosterona, la "hormona de la violencia" y el comportamiento violento. Para Sapolski esta claro, un individuo con abundante testosterona y razonablemente limpio en su educación y su entorno de estímulos violentos es probable que dedique su abundante hormona a empresas constructivas. Uno que haya sufrido violencia en su crianza y que se mueva en una sociedad violenta, buscará en la violencia la respuesta a ese a flujo hormonal. Estos y otros dilemas fundamentales del comportamiento de los humanos son el objeto con el que el libro de Sapolski nos quiere ayudar a tratar. Este libro no es un clásico. Es imposible hoy por hoy en una ciencia tan en construcción como la del cerebro poder alcanzar un conocimiento estable, casi todo son puertas abiertas que nos llevan a pasillos largos llenos de nuevas puertas. Pero Sapolski si lleva el paso de convertirse en uno de los grandes divulgadores de esta trascendental disciplina, que nos acerca tanto a nuestra íntima naturaleza. Por eso la lectura de Behave es totalmente recomendable.
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Perhaps the best science book I've read
Prof. Sapolsky knows how to write a book with deep insights about the complex biology of human behavior in a very engaging and interesting tone.